Archive for June 2023
Filing Your Taxes
Here is my dream: You, the reader, are saying to yourself, “I can’t wait to read this Midweek Mission Message! It includes two of my favorite words, filing and taxes!” I…
Read MoreLoretto members recommend favorite books, podcasts!
On Loretto’s Facebook page this week we will feature a few of Loretto’s favorite podcasts and books for your summer listening and reading pleasure. You may be surprised by what…
Read MoreAnn Manganaro SL, M.D.: Gifted physician, teacher, poet
In I Am the Way, the Constitutions of the Sisters of Loretto, the section titled “Charism” in article #9 calls persons to loving service “to work for a future in…
Read MoreReflection on the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 20:10-13, Matthew 10:26-33 “Fear no one,” we just heard read at the beginning of today’s Gospel. Jesus said to the Twelve, “Fear no one.” To back up this command,…
Read MoreThe True Cost of the Paper We Use
The Loretto Community has taken up Pope Francis’s call. In 2018 he said, “Get rid of useless baggage,” referring to empty chatter and harmful consumerism. Laudato Si’ calls on us to use less…
Read MoreLoretto launches new Justice Fellowship Program
Loretto’s leadership has approved the Loretto Justice Fellowship as the successor to the Loretto Volunteer Program. The Loretto Justice Fellowship begins its pilot year in El Paso in 2023 in…
Read MoreThe award-winning Infirmary is now Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse
The Loretto Infirmary, now called Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse, continues the award-winning standard of providing holistic care that promotes comfort, security and dignity in a homelike environment. The…
Read MoreLoretto protects generous swath of land at the Motherhouse in Kentucky
The Loretto Community has long been committed to caring for Earth Barbara Nicholas SL, president of the Loretto Community The Loretto Community has entered into an agreement with Bluegrass Land…
Read MoreLoretto Magazine and Annual Donor Report – Spring/Summer 2023
Download Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Jessie Rathburn CoL A letter from Loretto president Barbara Nicholas SL Recently, I received a letter from a fifth grader at St.…
Read MoreHelp for Haiti
I made my first trip to Haiti with Fonkoze USA in 2002. Loretto had been involved with Fonkoze through loans to its loan fund. Haitians’ faith, hope and perseverance under…
Read More‘Ti Pa, Ti Pa Na Rive!’ Little by Little, We Will Continue! Resourceful Haitians Put One Foot in Front of the Other
By Christina Manweller with Barbara Wander CoL The Little Sisters have 42 missions across Haiti that include schools, clinics, hospitals, orphanages, centers for the elderly, agriculture centers and professional centers.…
Read MoreVisiting Loretto in Pakistan
Anna Koop SL and Mary Ann McGivern SL recently visited the Loretto Community in Pakistan for seven weeks. Anna and Mary Ann wrote colorful and informative missives to keep the…
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